puku te rae
1. angry, annoyed, livid with rage - an idiom to express anger.
Kia tūpato, kei puku te rae o tō pāpara. / Be careful or your uncle will get angry.
Kua puku te rae o tērā rā i te mea ko ia anake te mea kāore i pōhiritia kia haere ki te hui. / That one is really angry because she was the only one not invited to go to the meeting.
See also puku o [te] rae
Synonyms: puku o [te] rae, kua puhipuhi te tero o Tāwhiri
riri
1. (verb) (rīria) to scold, tell off, be angry, annoyed, enraged, furious, incensed, indignant, infuriated, irate, outraged, riled.
Ka whakakeke au. Kua rūpahu au ki taku māmā kāore noa iho ia i riri mai i a au (HP 1991:23). / I was silent. I had lied to my mother so that she would not be angry with me.
Synonyms: koeka, kowhete, whakamania, kohete, whakangutungutu, takariri, pukuriri, whakatakariri, wheke, tūpehupehu, kōhetehete, kua puhipuhi te tero o Tāwhiri, whāuraura, kōwhetewhete
2. (noun) anger, fight, quarrel, rage, wrath, battle.
Kāti te riri, whakarērea hoki te ārita; kei mamae koe, kei tākina kia mahi i te kino (PT Ngā Waiata 37:8). / Do not be angry, and forsake wrath; lest you be hurt or led into evil deeds.
Synonyms: rūtā, whakatūpehupehu, niwha, matawhāura, kakari, kawe a riri, kekeritanga, pakanga, tatauranga, nguha, kakaritanga, parekura, putakari, riringa, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe, kekeri, kairiri, kowhete, totohe, taututetute, tautohe, tauwhāinga, tarahae, kohete, ngangau, pākani
3. (noun) ferocity, violence, aggression.
Nō te mutunga o te riri o te puia ka ngaro ngā kōtiro tokorua rā, tētahi Pākehā nō Ākarana, me Hōhepa Wōpereki, kua oti te momi e te roto (TP 9/1903:10). / When the ferocity of the eruption ended those two girls, a Pākehā from Auckland and Joseph Warbrick were missing having been completely swallowed up by the lake.
niwha
1. (verb) to be resolute, bold, fierce, truculent.
He wahine pukumahi a Te Paea, he niwha, he pūkeke (TTR 1996:22). / Te Paea was a hardworking woman, resolute and determined.
Synonyms: kiriūka, manawanui, marohi, mārohirohi, titikaha, whakakiriūka, pikoni, ū, pūkeke, aumangea, pukunanaiore, tōkeke, rae pakari, ngākau titikaha, manawa rahi, pūtohe
2. (noun) determination, resolve, willpower, fortitude, tenacity, doggedness, grit, bravery, rage.
Ahu tonu atu ia ki Te Pūaha-ō-Kahu, ko tōna niwha e kawe ana i a ia (TTR 1990:259). / He headed for Te Pūaha-ō-Kahuand it was his determination that carried him on.
Synonyms: riri, whakatūpehupehu, rūtā, nguha, tau, pūtohe, whakapau kaha, pūkeke
2. (modifier) dogmatic, raging.
Kīhai a Wiremu i mataku ki te taupatupatu i ngā tikanga whakatuanui, tikanga whakatūpehupehu hoki (TTR 2000:143). / Wiremu was not afraid to debate dogmatic traditions and strictures.
Synonyms: rūtaki, niwhaniwha
3. (noun) rage, bluster, censure, rebuke, reprimand, castigation, reproach.
nguha
1. (verb) to fight fiercely, battle.
Hei ētahi wā, ka noho ko ngā wāhine hei whakaohooho i ngā wairua o ngā tāne kia pukā, kia nguha, kia whawhai mō te whenua, mō tētahi atu take rānei (Te Ara 2012). / Sometimes women exhorted men to act, to fight fiercely and to fight for land, or for some other cause.
Synonyms: pakanga, tatauranga, matawhāura, kakaritanga, putakari, riringa, parekura, kakari, kawe a riri, riri, kekeritanga
2. (modifier) crushed, shredded.
Synonyms: ngakungaku
3. (noun) rage, fury.
I muri o te wehenga, ka tipu te riri, te nguha, te patu, te whakamate, me te mate i waenganui i te tokoono nei (H 1992:20). / After the separation anger, rage, beating, killing and death developed amongst these six.
Synonyms: niwha, riri, whakatūpehupehu, rūtā
4. (noun) war.
I haere te iwi Māori ki ngā nguha katoa o Aotearoa, huri taiāwhio i te ao (Te Ara 2016). / The Māori people went to all the wars of New Zealand, around the world.
rūtā
1. (verb) to rage, bluster, rave.
Kaua e natia taku kōrero; waiho kia rūtā ana au (W 1971:353). / Don't inhibit what I'm saying; let me rave on.
Synonyms: tīhāhā, kutukutu ahi, niwha, riri, whakatūpehupehu, nguha
rūtaki
1. (adjective) be blustering, furious, fuming, infuriated, raging, outrageous.
He mea nanakia te riri, he rūtaki te āritarita (PT Nga Whakatauki 27:4). / Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous.
Synonyms: hākiki, niwhaniwha, whakatūpehupehu
niwhaniwha
1. (modifier) fierce, truculant, raging, tempestuous, ferocious, wild.
Ka ākina atu te waka ki te ākau e te tai niwhaniwha, pakaru rikiriki ana (HJ 2015:128). / The canoe was dashed against the rocky coast by the wild sea, breaking it into smithereens.
Synonyms: rūtaki, whakatūpehupehu
2. (noun) resoluteness, determination.
I kitea tōna ū me tōna niwhaniwha ki te whai i te kaupapa, ā, i whai ingoa nā te mea he kākā tarahae ki te kōrero (TTR 1994:114). / He showed determination and resoluteness to pursue a project, and he had distinguished himself with oratorical skills.
puku o [te] rae
1. angry, annoyed, livid with rage - an idiom to express anger.
Ka pahū mai ā rāua tautohetohe, me te puku o te rae o Tānara. / Their arguing erupted and Donald was livid with rage.
Kāti noa te puku o tō rae, ka tere kuia koe (HKK 1999:90). / Just stop being angry or it will age you.
See also puku te rae
Synonyms: puku te rae, kua puhipuhi te tero o Tāwhiri
he ... te karawhiu
1. all the rage, the popular activity, the norm - an idiom to indicate a popular activity.
I ngā Rāhoroi, he horoi kaka te karawhiu, heoi anō pō iho ana, he pia kē te karawhiu (HKK 1999:138). / On Saturdays washing clothes was the popular activity, however, when it was dark drinking beer was the norm.
kua puhipuhi te tero o Tāwhiri
1. livid with rage, foaming at the mouth, livid, fuming, outraged - an idiom to express extreme anger.
Māhita: (E hāmama an) E kī, e kī he mōhio ake koutou i a au! Tamaiti 1: (E kōhumuhumu ana) He aha tana mate? E riri ana? Tamaiti 2: (E kōhumuhumu ana) Āe rā, kua puhipuhi te tero o Tāwhiri! (HKKT 2011:19). / Teacher: (Shouting) You don't say, you know more than me! Child 1: (Whispering) What's his problem? Is he angry? Child 2: (Whispering) Yes, he's livid with rage!
Synonyms: pukuriri, wheke, puku te rae, puku o [te] rae, takariri, riri, whakatakariri, tūpehupehu
